Future Soul/Love Sounds

Bugz In The Attic // Back In The Doghouse (2006)




I've been thinking about the future of High Speed Dubbing and sometime this year I know I want to have an entire week dedicated to UK R&B/Soul music. I need a name for it like "UK Explosion" (or maybe I should omit the "E" and use Xxplosion...more cutting edge, right? Worked for Dre.) Artists like the Bugz crew, Omar, Lewis Taylor, James Morrison, Jamiroquai, Julie Dexter, Amy Winehouse, Joss Stone...(eh, I've named too many). No joke, in my opinion they're doing more with R&B than we are here in the States. I'll get more in to that later.

With UK Soul week coming at a later date, let me drop a preview of two songs that I've been playing constantly for the past year (yeah, YEAR)! Props to my man tREBELFREE for introducing me to Bugz via his compilation CD's and podcasts (went out and bought the CD a week later).

When I first heard "Consequences", I thought it was a lost cut from the mid 80s or something. Listen to that bassline! It's songs like this that make me wish I had my sub woofer hooked up in my car (Eric you're so bogus). Notice the vocal styles of Bembe Segue, who we featured earlier this month with The Politik.

"It Don't Work Like That" has taken over my 80 gig iPOD for the past year. THIS is the kinda R&B I'd love to hear on the radio (pipe dream, right?) The production and vocal arrangements on this song are fantastic, especially the harmonies at the end of the second verse! Anyway, these two songs help define the sub heading of High Speed Dubbing:

So, what are you listening to? Well, THIS is what I'm listening to.

Come For The Ride

Tom Browne "Come For The Ride" // Yours Truly (1981)



I found this song through a two disc compilation CD put together by the Bugz In The Attic crew called Life: Styles. I originally thought it was an album filled with Bugz remixes. Turns out I was wrong, which upset me because a lot of the songs I already had. Then THIS joint shuffles it's way on a playlist and...wow!

The Politik

The Politik (Mark De Clive-Lowe & Bembe Seque) (2007)

"Saturn"



"Mistaken"



"Feel It" (featuring Bahamadia)


Politik is a collaboration project between Mark De Clive-Lowe and Bembe Seque of Bugz In The Attic. I've had this CD for about a month, and I'm just NOW getting around to giving it a full listen. Truth be told, I was kinda iffy about it on the first few listens. I was feeling the production, but I was kinda iffy on Bembe Seque (who sings on a lot of tracks for Bugz).

But now (after I've played the album about 3 more times), I'm feeling this CD a lot! It's really growing on me. Initially I first typed this blog up a few weeks ago (yeah, I have these posts stored in a vault!), I only had two songs two share with y'all. I found one more joint that's very worthy of posting, "Saturn", which has this nice 1987 feel to it.

So yeah...here are a few tracks that have stood out so far.

(the end of "Mistaken" is sick).

You can check out some more tracks from this album on their MySpace page.